Tagged....grrr

To be perfectly honest I love my dear friends Catherine and Ginny, but I'm not a fan of the tagging thing. However I will be a good sport and play along.... for the most part.

The Rules:

Link the person that tagged you (check)

Mention the rules on your blog (check)

Tell 6 to 7 unspectacular quirks or facts about yourself (see below)

Tag 6 or 7 fellow bloggers (probably not going to happen sorry I'm a party Pooper)

1. When turning volume up or down on a TV or Radio if a number appears it has to end an increment of 5. Example: 5, 10, 15, 20. Weird I know. I have actually gotten better and now can leave it on either the 5's or an even number. 

2. I like to experiment with food and flavors. When I was a kid I use to make these horrible sandwiches. Things like PB, ranch, broken uncooked spaghetti noodles and cucumbers. I would then proceed to have my mom or dad try it. Now that I'm older and have learned a thing or two I eat things like Macaroni and Cheese with Ketchup. Trust me it's good.

3. Toilet paper has to come from the top. I can't stand it when it comes from below and yes I have been known to change it in other bathrooms that are not my own. I don't know why, but it just bugs me.

4. I sometimes snort when I laugh. 

5. When I was a kid we had all sorts of pets. Birds, lizards, gerbils, hamsters, cats, dogs, fish, chinchilla's, etc. You get the picture. Anyway, we once caught two Horny Toads. We named them Barney and Betty. Betty was having babies so we took Barney out of the tank and put him in a friends tank. I was watching over Barney one day and all of the sudden Barney started having babies! I started screaming "Barney's having babies!", "Barney's having babies!" it was crazy. After that I renamed Barney to Barnetta. 

6. My dimple is man made. I received it in the 8th grade when my brother accidently hit me in the face with a baseball bat. It left a hole in my cheek that took 25 stitches to close up and thus creating my dimple.

7. I was pigeon toed as a kid. One summer my brother and I went camping with my Grandparents and my Grandma drew a line in the dirt with a stick and made me walk it until I kept my feet straight. I thank her for curing me of my pigeon ways.

Well there you go. Hope I didn't bore you to death. Sorry I'm not tagging anyone else, but feel free to make your own tag line. Have a wonderful day.

Most of you know, but...

Most of you may already know, but here is an official announcement.
We are Pregnant!
We're due April 5, 2009 and are so excited. We have been able to see the baby once. He/She was bouncing all around and wiggling. It was so fun to watch. Finally he/she settled down, laid on it's side and we got to see the heartbeat. It was so amazing. We also had our first check up and heard the heartbeat. Only for a few seconds. The baby liked to hide. Everything is looking great. We are so happy and glad to share it with all our family and friends.

Duct Tape, Ribbon and Flowers!

Hello! Long time...I know I know

Many of you may know I have a calling in the Young Women's organization in my ward. I'm second counselor and have the wonderful opportunity to work with the Beehives. Today for our activity we are making Duct Tape Purses. I did some research online and found a couple of ideas. I then came up with a couple of my own. I proudly present my Fall inspired Duct Tape purse.

What do you think?

If you would like to create one of your own it is quite simple. 

You will need:

Duct Tape (comes in a large variety of colors)

2 - 12x12 sheets of card stock

Ribbon

Flowers

Brads

Instructions:

Cover the two pieces of card stock in Duct tape. Front and Back. Fold one piece about 8 inches down. Leaving a 4 inch flap. This will be the bottom of the purse. Then cut off a 4 inch flap from the other piece of card stock. This piece will be cut in half and used for the sides. Tape it all together (so it resembles a purse).

Add your own embellishments with ribbon, flowers, favorite pictures, etc.

The strap I took a strip of Duct tape and placed ribbon down the middle. Then covered the sticky edges with more Duct tape to reinforce.

This is a simple project, but my instructions maybe confusing. If so I apologize. 

Good Luck! And have a blast.

To Being a Quarter of a Century Old. Cheers!

Hi! Long time no post. Well turn those frowns upside down. I recently celebrate my 25th birthday. I'm officially half way to 50, in my mid-twenties and a quarter of a century old. It's odd really. I've never been to concerned with my age and to be honest I'm still not. This birthday was just weird to me, but my dear friend Amy celebrated her birthday the same day (she is a year older) and assured me that 25 was a great year. I'm certainly looking forward to it. Now for the sad news. Somehow I went the entire day without taking pictures. Shock! I will tell you that Richard made me breakfast. Yummy waffles. He gave me the movie Penelope and two paper racks for my craft room. We also went to see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. He is truly wonderful. All in all it was a wonderful birthday. And thanks to all who sent birthday wishes my way. Love!

Homemade Goodness

So a couple of weeks ago I decided to try out a new recipe. Homemade Oreos. I even documented it for the masses to enjoy. Richard helped me with some of the pictures. The only thing I would change is the frosting. I didn't add enough powder sugar. Also I did two versions. One was the Weight Watchers friendlier made with applesauce instead of oil and the second with oil. The Applesauce made them very soft and fluffy.

Richard & Bre Go Camping

Scrapper at heart!

Most of you know that Richard is a graphic designer. He is working for a fantastic company called American Crafts. They create some of the most hip, stylish and creative scrapbooking supplies around. Now if you put two and two together you will see that I have fallen into the perfect place. I have a wonderful husband and a growing supply of scrapbook products. I'm in heaven!

Now as I mentioned before that my cousin Tracy is getting married. She had Richard and I take her engagement pictures. I am not really a photographer, but I thought that a couple of the pictures turned out sort of fun. Here is one that I decided to scrapbook (using of course American Crafts product).
What do you think?